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Post by roxhum on Jan 14, 2014 2:49:48 GMT
I worry about being too strict about changing Sweeties diet. Both Sweetie and Pearl reject pellets and fresh fruits and veggies. sweetie who is all about eating what I eat will still reject fruits and veggies that I eat. Pearl is only 3 soI figure she will eventually come around. But Sweetie, I try to take seeds away and only offer veggies and pellets. Or over seed mixed up in baked sweet potato today. Things the budgies loved Sweetie ignores. So my paranoia is that yes because she is 15 she needs a good diet, but she has done pretty good this far and I worry the stress and not eating for hours may be worse on her. Also when I go to work I can't monitor what they are doing and change out foods in a timely manner.
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Post by lisamarie on Jan 14, 2014 3:17:26 GMT
Well if she's older, she is probably used to her diet already and will be too stubborn to change. But who knows
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Post by Pammy on Jan 14, 2014 4:26:05 GMT
Roxhum, I'm doing something Sarah suggested not long ago. I'm providing pellets at all times, and seeds mixed with vegetables. So my budgies have their choice - eat their precious seeds, but they will be flavored with vegetable, or eat the pellets. I saw Noel getting into the carroty seeds both yesterday and today.
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Jan 14, 2014 14:37:46 GMT
i would keep trying, but maybe like feed her a bit of seeds later so we wont get too hungry
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Post by dianapalmer on Jan 14, 2014 15:13:44 GMT
Have you tried putting the veggies in a flat dish on the bottom of the cage? I don't know why, but all my birds are more likely to eat veggies that way.
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Post by lisamarie on Jan 14, 2014 16:07:47 GMT
Lucy has only been eating her pellets recently which is odd, but the guy i'm buying baby Leo from says Kaytee pellets are no good and have no nutritional value  He reccommends zupreem and i forgot the other brand. Makes me want to buy a bag of zupreem and compare ingredients |
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Post by roxhum on Jan 14, 2014 16:33:10 GMT
Great idea Diana about the dish on the bottom of the cage. sweetie in particular likes to walk around the bottom of the cage.
Lisamarie, I bought the Zupreem. I wanted the non colored variety but thought maybe if it was colorful they would be more drawn to it. Which they were, they tried it and then spit it out. When do get Leo. I am curious what you are doing about cages.
Pammy ,I like your suggestion, and have done that. Yesterday I mixed with cooked sweet potatoe and it didn't go over very well. I think because the seed stuck to the sweet potato so they couldn't pick individual seeds.
Luvsanimals, thanks for your response, I don't think I am going to take the seeds away completely anymore because they just go hungry. I don't want them to think they have to over eat between famines.
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Post by lisamarie on Jan 14, 2014 16:51:05 GMT
I get Leo sometime this week! He's going to live with Lucy. If it does not work out, the owner said he would be more than happy to give me a loaner cage for a while until i figure something else out
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Post by rdkntriker on Jan 14, 2014 17:03:30 GMT
I am doing the same as Pammy is and to a degree it seems to be working.
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Post by Pammy on Jan 14, 2014 17:11:29 GMT
I use Roudybush pellets and my budgies all love them. They have three choices of shape in tiny budgie size. Crumble, Nibles (yes, spelled with only one B for some reason) and Mini. My boys have long-term loved Crumble, and I recently bought the other two shapes for variety, but the jury's still out on how well they like those. Roudybush is good quality without any dyes. A thought to keep in mind when purchasing the brightly colored pellets - dye in the food translates to dye in the poop, and sometimes it can stain your stuff. Diana, I have been following your method of putting veggies on a plate on the floor of Mistletoe's cage, and all five birds go up there and eat from the plate. I don't know WHO exactly s eating vegetables and who is just picking seeds and pellets off the top, but somebody eats those veggies.  I try to get a good look, but that cage sits on top of the big flight cage, and it's hard to get a bird's eye view. |
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Post by Pammy on Jan 14, 2014 17:28:35 GMT
I just got up there and took a close look, and Noel is eating a kernel of corn and Mistletoe is eating a pea. Yay! Of course I know that corn isn't a vegetable at all, but it must be better to get a little bit of variety, and I did see Noel in the carrots yesterday. I feel we are making progress.
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Post by dianapalmer on Jan 14, 2014 17:37:30 GMT
Yay for veggies!
My birdies eat Roudybush Nibles.
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Post by lisamarie on Jan 14, 2014 17:40:23 GMT
Since little Leo is being weaned onto zupreem i'll have to see how Lucy likes it. If not, i'll order rodybush
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Post by rdkntriker on Jan 14, 2014 17:53:16 GMT
I am looking for where I can get the roudybush crumbles
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Post by lisamarie on Jan 14, 2014 18:31:18 GMT
Santa i just (ironically) got dr foster & smiths catalog in the mail. I see they sell rodybush. All kinds all sizes. You can go to their website to see them all. I'm probably going to place an order with them sometime tomorrow!
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I try to get a good look, but that cage sits on top of the big flight cage, and it's hard to get a bird's eye view.